Word formation compound adjectives - Compond adjectives 02

WORD FORMATION – COMPOND ADJECTIVES 02
EXERCISE 1.
Join words from the list with the colours to form compound colour adjectives.
blood 	blue 	bottle 	brick 	coal
electric	 ice 	iron 	jet 	lime
midnight 	nut 	ocean 	off 	pea
peorl 	royal 	sea 	sky	 snow
Colours:
...-BLACK 	...-BLUE 	...BROWN 	...-GREEN
...-GREY 	...-RED 	...-WHITE
EXERCISE 2.
 Fill in the blanks with the right words to form compound adjectives. If you find the exercise too difficult, look for the right words in the list below.
...-picked berries	 ...-cold beer 	 ...-haired grandpa
...-made cake	 ...-abiding citizen	 ...-handed student
...-hearted mood
... hearted person	 ...-minute offer
. -forsaken town	 ... -looking boy	 ...-laid egg
.. -worthy event 	 ...-advised decision 	 ... -minded view
...-warm attitude 	 ...-aged woman 	 -watering dessert
... -distance call 	 ...-ending story
GOD 	GOOD 	GREY 	HAND
HOME 	ICE 	ILL 	KIND
LAST 	LAW 	LEFT 	LIGHT
LONG 	LUKE 	MIDDLE 	MOUTH
NARROW 	NEVER 	NEW 	NOTE
EXERCISE 3.
 Fill in the blanks with the right words to form compound adjectives. If you find the exercise too difficult, look for the right words in the list below.
...-made pattern 	 ...-deep beauty 	 ...-fashioned clothes
...-way ticket	 ...-ended exercise	 ...-faced liar
...-famous singer 	 ...-blue eyes 	 ...-white shirt
...-heavy structure	 ...-secret information 	 ...-time job
...-sided view 	 ...-free zone	 ... -long commitment
OLD 	ONE 	ONE 	OPEN
PART 	READY 	SKIN 	SKY
SNOW 	TOP 	TOP 	TRAFFIC
TWO 	WORLD 	YEAR
EXERCISE 4.
 Some compound adjectives are borrowed from foreign languages.
Explain the meaning of the following compounds. Check their pronunciation.
 a la mode 	 a priori	avant-garde 	bona fide
 ad hoc 	 ad lib 	au fait	cordon bleu 	
 de facto 	 de jure	de luxe	laissez-faire
 de rigueur 	 de trap 	exgratia 	per capita 
 prime facie	 sub Jjudice 	infra dig
EXERCISE 5.
Match the compound adjectives from list A with the right nouns from list B.
 A.
 na la mode 	a priori 	ad hoc 	ad lib
 au fait 	avant-garde 	bona fide 	cordon bleu
 de jure 	de luxe 	ex gratia 	infra dig
 laissez-faire 	per capita 	prima facie 	sub judice
 B.
 ...art	 ... court case 	... chores 	 ... clothes
 ... comments	 	... cuisine 	... evidence 	 ... hotel
 ... income 	... intentions 	... marriage	 ... meeting
 ... payment	 	... player 	... policy	 ... reasoning
 ...with the situation
EXERCISE 6.
In each of the following sentences there is a blank with a word just before It.
Fill each blank with a word that combines with the one given in a way that fits the sentence. If you find the exercise too difficult, look for the right words in the list below.
1. He paid a lot of money for his FIRST-... ticket.
2. She hasn’t much money to spend because she can find only a PART... job.
3. She looks rather severe but she is really a very KIND-... woman
4. My mother always gives her guests HOME cakes for tea.
5. What I’d really like for breakfast is a nice NEW-... egg.
6. We say that the SO-... "leader" of the group is just a petty tyrant.
7. I have never had any painting lessons. I am entirely SELF-....
8. Tâm Vy always wears very WELL-... shoes.
9. Our teacher isn't strict at all. She is very EASY-...
10. To be honest, I enjoy eating in HIGH-... restaurants.
11. Please enclose a SELF-... envelope.
12. Everyone began the holiday in a LIGHT-... mood.
13. This particular kind of LONG-... sheep can run quite fast.
14. I think you would be ILL-... to sell the house at the present time.
15. I much prefer having a drink in an OLD- ... country club.
ADDRESSED 	CALLED 	 	CLASS
GOING 	HEARTED 	HEARTED
LAID 	LEGGED 	MADE / BAKED
POLISHED 	PRICED 	TAUGHT
TIME 	ADVISED 	FASHIONED
EXERCISE 7.
 In eoch of the following sentences there is о blank with о word just before it.
 Fill each blank with a word that combines with the one given in a way that fits the sentence.
1. If I were you, I’d spend a bit more and buy the HARD... version.
2. After seven months abroad,Andy was beginning to feel HOMЕ....
3. The policeman was wearing a BULLET ... vest, which probably saved his life.
4. Our household has a lot of LABOUR-... devices to make housework easier, and we 
 usually take advantage of INTEREST-... credit so that we have longer to pay for 
 them.
5. Their first home was a PURPOSE-... flat, and now they're moving to a typical 
 English RED-... terraced house.
6. We try to make good use of AUDIO-... aid in this school.
7. I’d rather you didn't make any LONG-... phone calls.
8. She bought a SECOND-... car, and it was converted So that it could run on LEAD-... 
 petrol.
9. People often put on weight when they become MIDDLE-....
10. The market has been flooded with cheap MASS-... toys.
11. He could be briefly and accurately described as a TWO-... liar.
AGED 	BACK 	BRICK 	BUILT
DISTANCE 	FACED 	FREE 	FREE
HAND 	PRODUCED 	PROOF 	SAVING
SICK 	VISUAL
ANSWER KEY
1.
 -BLACK blue-black 	coal-black 	jet-black
 -BLUE electric-blue 	ice-blue 	midnight-blue 	royal-blue 	sky-blue
 -BROWN nut-brown
 -GREEN bottle-green 	lime-green 	ocean-green 	pea-green 	sea-green
 -GREY iron-grey 	pearl-grey
 -RED blood-red 	brick-red
 -WHITE off-while 	snow-white
2.
 god-forsaken town 	good-looking boy 	grey-haired grandpa
 hand-picked berries 	home-made cake 	ice-cold beet
 ill-advised decision 	kind-hearted person 	last-minute offer
 law-abiding citizen 	left-handed student 	light-hearted mood
 long-distance call 	lukewarm attitude 	middle-agcd woman
 mouth-watering dessert 	narrow-minded view 	never-ending story
 new-laid egg 	noteworthy event
3.
 old-fashioned clothes 	one-sided view 	one-way ticket
 open-ended exercise 	part-time job 	ready-made pattern
 skin-deep beauty 	sky-blue eyes 	snow white shirt
 top-heavy structure 	top-secret information 	traffic-free zone
 two-faced liar 	world-famous singer 	year-long commitment
4.
 a la mode - in the most modem style
 a priori - using general principles to suggest likely effects
 ad hoc - macle only for a particular purpose or need
 ad lib - said without any preparation
 au fait - familiar with
 avant-garde - highly original
 bona fide - not false
 cordon bleu - cookery of the highest standard
 de facto - existing in fact, though not necessarily legal or intended
 de jure - having legal existence
 de luxe - of very high quality
 de rigueur - demanded by custom, fashion
 de trap - unnecessary or unwanted
 ex gratia - not necessary, but showing good intentions
 infra dig - demeaning
 laisez-faire - unwilling to influence other people’s activities
 per capita - for each person
 prima facie - obvious at first sight
 sub judice - in the process of trial
5.
 a la mode clothes	 ad hoc meeting	 au fait with the situation
 bona fide intentions	 de jure marriage	 ex gratia payment
 laissez-faire policy	 prima facie evidence	 a priori reasoning
 ad lib comments	 avant-garde art	 cordon bleu cuisine
 de luxe hotel	 infra dig chores	 per capita income
 sub judice court case
6.
1. first-class 	2. part-time 	3. kind-hearted
4. home made/baked 	5. new-laid	6. so-called 
7. self-taught	8 well-polished 	9. easy going
10. high-priced 	11. self-addressed	12. light-hearted 
13. long-legged	14. ill-advised 	15. old-fashioned
7.
1. hardback	2. homesick	3. bullet-proof
4. labour-saving; interest-free	5. purpose-built; red-brick	6. audio-visual
7. long distance	8. second-hand; lead-free	9. middle-aged	
10. mass-produced	11. two-faced